Cerebral blood flow measurements using stable xenon CT with very short inhalation times.

abstract：:The immunological function of 29 head-injured patients was investigated, with special reference to the relationships between changes in immunity and both severity of head injury and age. The patients were classified according to Glasgow Coma Scale scores (15, 9 to 14, and 3 to 8) and age (under 35, 35 to 65, and over ...

journal_title：Neurologia medico-chirurgica

authors： Ikeda J,Kuratsu J,Nonaka N,Matsukado Y,Ushio Y

更新日期：1989-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A 57-year-old male presented with a frontal bone defect associated with a middle meningeal arteriovenous fistula (AVF) manifesting as headache. The patient had a history of head injury 19 years previously. Skull radiography and computed tomography demonstrated a left frontal bone defect. Left external carotid angiogra...

journal_title：Neurologia medico-chirurgica

authors： Tsumoto T,Nakakita K,Hayashi S,Terada T

更新日期：2001-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The present study conducted risk-adjusted analyses to investigate the impacts of hospital and surgeon volumes on postoperative complications and the modified Rankin scale (mRS) after intracranial clipping of unruptured aneurysms, and to discuss the efficacy of relevant policy changes. Among 107 Japanese institutions, ...

journal_title：Neurologia medico-chirurgica

authors： Yasunaga H,Matsuyama Y,Ohe K,Japan Neurosurgical Society.

更新日期：2008-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Hemangioblastoma in the suprasellar region is rare. We present a case of a suprasellar hemangioblastoma that underwent surgical resection using an extended endoscopic transsphenoidal approach. A 64-year-old female patient presented with headache and decreased visual acuity for the last four years, computed tomography ...

journal_title：Neurologia medico-chirurgica

authors： Xie T,Zhang X,Hu F,Wang X,Wang J,Yu Y,Chen L

更新日期：2013-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Measurement of cerebral blood flow (CBF) and computed tomography (CT) cisternography were performed in 37 patients with a tentative diagnosis of normal pressure hydrocephalus (NPH) to predict their surgical outcome. The mean CBF of the whole brain was measured quantitatively by single photon emission computed tomograp...

journal_title：Neurologia medico-chirurgica

authors： Chang CC,Kuwana N,Ito S,Ikegami T

更新日期：1999-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A 27-year-old male presented with a rare association of a ruptured orbitofrontal artery aneurysm and a dural arteriovenous malformation (DAVM) fed by both ethmoidal arteries, manifestation as severe headache, nausea, and vomiting. Computed tomography revealed a hematoma within the right frontal lobe and diffuse subara...

journal_title：Neurologia medico-chirurgica

authors： Murai Y,Yamashita Y,Ikeda Y,Node Y,Teramoto A

更新日期：1999-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A 38-year-old male who presented with trigeminal nerve paresis was found to have a cerebellopontine angle tumor. The tumor was subtotally removed. Multiple histological sections showed no malignant changes, and the diagnosis was typical epidermoid cyst. Tumor growth recurred twice and the diagnosis after the third ope...

journal_title：Neurologia medico-chirurgica

authors： Nishiura I,Koyama T,Handa J,Amano S

更新日期：1989-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A 62-year-old female was admitted with complaints of sudden proptosis of the left eye and severe left orbital pain without history of trauma or previous illness. Computed tomography and magnetic resonance imaging demonstrated a biconvex extraconal hematoma in the upper part of the left orbit. Surgical exploration of t...

journal_title：Neurologia medico-chirurgica

authors： Matsumoto S,Yamamoto T,Ban S,Motozaki T,Sato S,Shingu T,Yoshida S,Tsuiki H

更新日期：1994-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A 46-year-old male presented with a huge facial schwannoma extending into both the middle cranial fossa and the cerebellopontine angle but without manifesting facial nerve palsy. Neurological examination on admission revealed no deficits except for speech disturbance. Computed tomography showed a multicystic tumor ext...

journal_title：Neurologia medico-chirurgica

authors： Furuta S,Hatakeyama T,Zenke K,Nagato S

更新日期：2000-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Immunohistochemical localization of prostaglandin (PG) F2 alpha synthesized during recirculation following experimental forebrain ischemia was studied in Mongolian gerbils. The bilateral carotid arteries were clamped for 5 minutes, and the brains were frozen in situ after 5 minutes of recirculation. Sham-operated gerb...

journal_title：Neurologia medico-chirurgica

authors： Nakagomi T,Sasaki T,Ogawa H,Noguchi M,Saito I,Takakura K

更新日期：1990-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A 48-year-old woman with a history of viral influenza infection was admitted with rapidly progressive numbness and weakness of the right extremities. On admission, general physical examination revealed no abnormality. Cerebrospinal fluid analysis showed no abnormal findings. Brain computed tomography and magnetic reso...

journal_title：Neurologia medico-chirurgica

authors： Akimoto J,Nakajima N,Saida A,Haraoka J,Kudo M

更新日期：2006-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The authors report a newborn male infant with a giant congenital capillary hemangioma of the pericranium. An elastic mass, measuring 6.5 x 6.9 x 3.9 cm, was located in the parieto-occipital region. Neurological examination revealed no abnormality. Angiographically, the tumor was fed symmetrically by the bilateral supe...

journal_title：Neurologia medico-chirurgica

authors： Tokuda Y,Uozumi T,Sakoda K,Yamada K,Yamanaka M,Nomura S,Hamasaki T

更新日期：1990-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A female baby was born at 37 weeks and 6 days gestation by vaginal delivery with omphalocele, exstrophy of the cloaca, and imperforate anus, indicating the presence of OEIS complex, a rare combination of defects consisting of omphalocele (O), exstrophy of the cloaca (E), imperforate anus (I), and spinal deformity (S),...

journal_title：Neurologia medico-chirurgica

authors： Tokunaga S,Morioka T,Hashiguchi K,Samura K,Yoshida F,Miyagi Y,Yoshiura T,Yamanouchi T,Sasaki T

更新日期：2009-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Preoperative regional cerebral blood flow (rCBF) was measured in 92 patients with Parkinson's disease (PD) by iodine-123 N-isopropyl-p-iodoamphetamine single-photon emission computed tomography. Quantitative mapping of rCBF was performed using the stereotactic extraction estimation method. The clinical features of the...

journal_title：Neurologia medico-chirurgica

authors： Nagai T,Kajita Y,Maesawa S,Nakatsubo D,Yoshida K,Kato K,Wakabayashi T

更新日期：2012-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The present report describes our experience with air transfer of patients with acute ischemic stroke in whom intravenous tissue plasminogen activator (IV t-PA) failed for rescue endovascular therapy (EVT). Twenty-three consecutive patients in whom IV t-PA failed were transferred to our hospital for rescue EVT between ...

journal_title：Neurologia medico-chirurgica

authors： Tsujimoto M,Yoshimura S,Enomoto Y,Yamada N,Matsumaru N,Kumada K,Toyoda I,Ogura S,Iwama T

更新日期：2015-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Two patients presented with rare isolated recurrence of granulocytic sarcoma. A 29-year-old male presented with an extra- and intracranial mass 10 years after bone marrow transplantation for chronic myeloid leukemia. A 34-year-old female presented with an intracranial mass 3 years after complete remission of acute mye...

journal_title：Neurologia medico-chirurgica

authors： Xu Q,Wang M,You Q,Wang H,Ye K,Zhan R,Zhou Y

更新日期：2009-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A case of spinal cord glioblastoma multiforme with intracranial dissemination is reported. A 23-year-old female was admitted to a local hospital complaining of lumbago. Myelography revealed an intramedullary thoracic tumor. The tumor was partially removed through a laminectomy at Th11-L1. The histological diagnosis wa...

journal_title：Neurologia medico-chirurgica

authors： Asano N,Kitamura K,Seo Y,Mukai K,Soga T,Hondo H,Matsumoto K

更新日期：1990-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A 47-year-old female with diabetic nephropathy presented with acute onset of severe back pain and progressive weakness in both lower extremities. Neuroimaging revealed a spinal epidural hematoma extending from the T-3 vertebra to the sacrum. Removal of all or every other lamina on levels with epidural hematoma and eme...

journal_title：Neurologia medico-chirurgica

authors： Ziyal IM,Aydin S,Inci S,Sahin A,Ozgen T

更新日期：2003-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A 70-year-old male and a 55-year-old female presented with unruptured aneurysms in the clinoid segment of the carotid artery. Intraoperative rupture during removal of the anterior clinoid process resulted in unintended carotid artery occlusion in the former patient, causing hemispherical infarction and death. However,...

journal_title：Neurologia medico-chirurgica

authors： Nagasawa S,Ogawa R,Suyama Y,Ohta T

更新日期：1996-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The clinical outcome and resumption of work were investigated in 21 patients with lumbar discogenic pain (15 males and 6 females, mean age 37.2 years), who failed to respond to intensive conservative therapy, treated by transforaminal lumbar interbody fusion (TLIF) augmented with the pedicle screw system from January ...

journal_title：Neurologia medico-chirurgica

authors： Takahashi T,Hanakita J,Minami M,Honda F,Kuraishi K

更新日期：2011-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:To investigate cerebral reactions to cognitive rehabilitation tasks, oxyhemoglobin changes were compared in 9 patients with cognitive impairments after traumatic brain injury (TBI) and 47 healthy controls using functional near infrared spectroscopy (fNIRS) during nine cognitive rehabilitation tasks employed at Nagoya ...

journal_title：Neurologia medico-chirurgica

authors： Hibino S,Mase M,Shirataki T,Nagano Y,Fukagawa K,Abe A,Nishide Y,Aizawa A,Iida A,Ogawa T,Abe J,Hatta T,Yamada K,Kabasawa H

更新日期：2013-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The effect of irrigation with artificial cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) containing various magnesium ion (Mg(2+)) concentrations on vasospastic arteries was investigated in the dog. Cerebral vasospasm was induced by the experimental subarachnoid hemorrhage model in 15 beagle dogs. Cisternal irrigation was performed for 1 h...

journal_title：Neurologia medico-chirurgica

authors： Mori K,Yamamoto T,Miyazaki M,Hara Y,Koike N,Nakao Y

更新日期：2013-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Sixty patients with anterior clinoid meningiomas (mean age 48 years) were surgically treated. There was a slight female predominance. Headache and visual impairment were the commonest clinical symptoms at presentation. The patients were classified on the basis of extent of the visual impairment, size of the tumor, and...

journal_title：Neurologia medico-chirurgica

authors： Goel A,Gupta S,Desai K

更新日期：2000-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Adequate exposure of the distal internal carotid artery (ICA) for carotid endarterectomy may be difficult to achieve because of the position of the mandible and associated soft tissues. A simple yet effective use of a head frame is described to gain several centimeters of exposure of the distal ICA. The patient's head...

journal_title：Neurologia medico-chirurgica

authors： Takigawa T,Yanaka K,Yasuda M,Asakawa H,Matsumaru Y,Nose T

更新日期：2003-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This clinical case report represents an interesting manifestation of a neurovascular condition that can be easily overlooked by the practicing healthcare provider. In the United States, a Hispanic patient of non-Asian descent presented with atypical symptoms of intractable headache and nausea with no evidence of neuro...

journal_title：Neurologia medico-chirurgica

authors： Diaz UJ,Cabán-Martinez AJ,Halder GE

更新日期：2014-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Malpositioning of cervical screws risks neurovascular injury. A cervical screw fixation system can provide proper rigidity, alignment correction, and high rates of fusion afforded by high pullout biomechanical strength. The objective is to assess the dimensions and axis of the C3-C7 cervical pedicles. A 1-mm slice thi...

journal_title：Neurologia medico-chirurgica

authors： Wasinpongwanich K,Paholpak P,Tuamsuk P,Sirichativapee W,Wisanuyotin T,Kosuwon W,Jeeravipoolvarn P

更新日期：2014-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Cervical spinal neurinomas are benign tumors that arise from nerve roots. Based on their location, these tumors can also take the form of a dumbbell-shaped mass. Treatment strategies for these tumors have raised several controversial issues such as appropriate surgical indications and selection of surgical approaches ...

journal_title：Neurologia medico-chirurgica

authors： Ito K,Aoyama T,Miyaoka Y,Horiuchi T,Hongo K

更新日期：2015-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The effectiveness of spinal surgery for lumbar canal stenosis was investigated in the elderly. 164 patients with lumbar canal stenosis were surgically treated over 8 years. 125 patients were followed up by letter questionnaire. The outcome and patient satisfaction with the surgical procedures were compared between the...

journal_title：Neurologia medico-chirurgica

authors： Hanakita J,Suwa H,Mizuno M

更新日期：1999-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The authors report four cases of intracranial hemorrhage associated with nontraumatic disseminated intravascular coagulation (DIC). Two cases demonstrated a sudden onset of intracerebral hemorrhage. The other two showed chronic subdural hematoma initially, followed by acute multiple intracranial hemorrhages or general...

journal_title：Neurologia medico-chirurgica

authors： Kawakami Y,Ueki K,Chikama M,Shimamura Y,Naito T

更新日期：1990-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The expression of the intercellular adhesion molecule-1 (ICAM-1) and neural cell adhesion molecule (NCAM) by glioma cell lines was investigated. The effects of interferon (IFN)-gamma or irradiation on the expression was also assessed. Two glioma cell lines showed more than 75% NCAM-positive cells. After treatment with...

journal_title：Neurologia medico-chirurgica

authors： Yamanaka R,Tanaka R,Yoshida S

更新日期：1993-11-01 00:00:00